Corset-stay



(No Model.)

A. J. WORR'ALL.

CORSET STAY. No. 317,605. Patented May 12, 1885.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. WORRALL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CO RSET-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,605, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed March 6, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. WoRRALL, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stays for Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in stays for corsets, and has for its object to do away with the sheet or strip metal now in use, and to provide a stay constructed entirely of wire; and with this end in view my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements, hereinafter fully explained, and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may more fully under stand its construction and adaptation, I Will proceed to describe the same in detail, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of a corset with my improved stays in position therein; Fig. 2, an elevation of the stays themselves; and Fig. 3, a cross-section taken at the line at a; of Fig. 2.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is the wire bent and formed in the required shape, as shown at Fig.2,the ends thereof being twisted together, as shown, or united by any suitable clasp. B are cross-plates constructed, as shown at Fig. 8, with depending lugs C formed in pairs.

In adapting my improvement to a corset i (No model.)

the cross plates are placed over the wire, so that thelatter will be between the lugs C. Said lugs are then firmly clamped against the wire by any suitable means. The stays are stitched within the corset in any ordinary manner and suitable fastening-clasps attached.

Prior to my invention thin'strips of steel have been used as stays; but they are cont-inually breaking, and, moreover, do not yield to the action of the clasps, and are so stiff as to frequently injure the person of the wearer. My improvement contemplates the removal of these disadvantages, in that the wire is perfectly tempered and is highly elastic, and will therefore yield in all directions.

I am enabled to use wire of any shape in cross-section, or hollow wire may be used with equal facility, in constructing my improvement.

I do not wish to confine myself to two wires running longitudinally of the corset, as any number of wires may be used in this connection without departing from the spirit of my invention, and the cross-plates may be attached thereto in any suitable way.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As anew article of manufacture, a wire bush or stay the sides of which are connected by cross-clasps, and in which the distance between the sides is greater at its lower extremity than at its upper for distribution of strain upon the person of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR J. YVORRALL. Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMsoN, WV. T. HAVILAND. 

